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Acute organ or limb ischemia due to arterial obstruction is typically due to one of two pathogenic processes: acute thrombotic occlusion on a substrate of signifi cant local arterial disease or an embolism from the heart or proximal diseased large vessels (most commonly the thoracic aorta). The proportion of acute ischemic events that are embolic in etiology depend on a number of factors including the age of the subject, the likelihood of intrinsic vascular disease, and the vascular bed affected.
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Nash, P.J., Curtin, R.J., Klein, A.L. (2009). Source of Embolus. In: Nihoyannopoulos, P., Kisslo, J. (eds) Echocardiography. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-293-1_25
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